Late final week, Wonderful Seasun Video games launched the most recent beta take a look at for Mecha Break, a brand new co-op shooter recreation that is mainly Armored Core by means of Titanfall. If the preliminary wave of 300,000 concurrent gamers is any indication, Mecha Break may very well be nicely on its manner in the direction of being a success. Nonetheless, all of these gamers led to a few of Mecha Break’s servers happening.
In a message on Mecha Break’s official social media channels, Wonderful Seasun Video games apologized to gamers for the server issues and promised to ship out three batches of Final Upkeep Field *15 through Mecha Break’s in-game mail.
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As our Open Beta went dwell earlier right now, we had been overwhelmed by your enthusiasm, witnessing over 300K concurrent gamers inside hours. This posed a problem to our server capability and resulted in unfavorable critiques from gamers. We apologize for any inconvenience and…— Mecha BREAK (@MechaBREAK) February 23, 2025
The corporate additionally said that the server points “resulted in unfavorable critiques from gamers.” As reported by IGN, that is not the one purpose Mecha Break is getting review-bombed. A few of the points cited embrace the monetization practices of this free-to-play recreation. Lots of Mecha Break’s perks can ultimately be unlocked without cost, however it could take an exceedingly very long time for non-paying gamers to get the identical benefits because the gamers who do not thoughts spending the cash.
Wonderful Seasun additionally makes use of ACE, the kernel-level anti-cheat that is unpopular amongst some gamers as a result of it requires larger entry to customers’ machines. ACE also can typically have an effect on the efficiency of the sport itself. That alone has led to a few of the unfavorable critiques for this title. Regardless, Mecha Break has some passionately constructive critiques as nicely that reward its gameplay and graphics, in addition to the designs of the mechs.
Mecha Break’s open beta is at the moment obtainable via Steam. The sport will launch on PC and Xbox Collection X|S this spring, with a PlayStation 5 port to comply with later this 12 months.